Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
August and the summer is moving along, with the school holidays now in full swing. This is a time of year when GB Motorhome Tours tends not to travel, it being generally busy and too hot in southern destinations to be comfortable. One exception is touring in Iceland, where the summer is the ultimate time to be there. It remains calm at this time of year and certainly is not too hot being so far north. This years Discover Iceland tour has just come to an end, where tour participants enjoyed visits to places that nowhere else in Europe can offer; volcanos & lava flows, glaciers & icebergs, craters & canyons, waterfalls & geysers, bubbling mud pool & hot spas, whales & seals, artic foxes & puffins, all are seen throughout the 28 days in Iceland. On the route back, the tour also includes a 3 day stop in the Faroe Islands. Made up of 18 islands, 17 of which are inhabited, many of these islands are now linked by undersea tunnels, including the recently opened 11km tunnel joining 3 roads using the world’s first undersea roundabout, as covered in the BBC video of the tunnels.
Waterside parking in the Faroe Islands – July 2025
Some customer reviews from the tour.
‘Fabulous trip which far exceeded our expectations. So good to have 28 days to explore the country, including the beautiful Westfjords and experience breathtaking waterfalls, geysers, lava flows, craters, whales, glaciers, icebergs, spas and so much more. Many thanks to Kevin and Nurcan for making it so memorable.’ Ali Fletcher and Tim Gledhill – Discover Iceland – June/July 2025
‘Another great trip. The land of ‘Ice & Fire’ certainly delivered; with volcanos, icebergs, glaciers, geysers, whales and puffins, plus fantastic scenery. A wonderful and well put together trip for the adventurous. Thank you.’ Howard and Margot Smith – Discover Iceland – June/July 2025
‘An epic once in a lifetime trip, we both loved it. Need to go home now and recover!’ May and Richard Heath – Discover Iceland – June/July 2025
If you could be interested in touring Iceland on the next tour (probably in 2027 or 2028), send us an email advising this and it will be registered for you. You will then be emailed the tour itinerary in advance of it being made generally available, giving you first opportunity of reserving a tour place if you wish at that time.
With the summer moving on, so are the UK weather seasons; bringing the prospect of cooler and shorter days in the autumn. A good way to avoid this is to travel south at this time of year, to warmer climates. GB Motorhome Tours have two great opportunities for this;
Oct/Nov 2025 – Portugal and Spain Discovery 52 nights – Escape the UK Autumn for warmer climates as we travel south to discover Portugal from its north to south, the Costa Verde (Green Coast) of northern Spain and Spain’s southern most region of Andalucía. With lots of excursions and group meals included in this tour, the time away of 52 nights will be well used.
Jan-April 2026 – Canary Islands 70 nights – Take yourself and your motorhome on an adventure whilst escaping the after Christmas cold. We travel through 3 of the Canary Islands over 10 weeks: Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria.
Both tours offer travel in good motorhoming conditions, with plenty to see along the way and currently have availability. With the tours being of a longer duration, they can also be done as a part tour if you only have a shorter amount of time to be away. For ideas on a part tour, send us an email and we can advise you of the possibilities.
Next weekend GB Motorhome Tours will be at the Western (Malvern) Motorhome show, where a number of our Tour Directors will be on our stand to chat and answer any questions. If you are at the show, do come along and see us.
For 2026 two new tours have just been added to the tour programme. These are
June/July 2026 – Rhine in Flames 11 nights – Follow the river Rhine through beautiful wine growing scenery. Explore picturesque Germany towns along the way, to finish up with the spectacular Rhine in Flames evening cruise with dinner, wine and fireworks upon the river.
Sept 2026 – Austrian Alps 16 nights – Enjoy breath taking scenery as we travel through the very best of the Austrian Alps, including driving the stunning Grossglockner High Alpine road.
Being just released both tours have availability. Before these for next year, there are two great Xmas & New Year themed tours also available:
Dec 2025 – Amsterdam at Christmastime 7 nights – Begin your build up to Christmas with a wonderful tour to Amsterdam, where it’s streets are illuminated for the cities ‘Light Festival’. The tour features a private evening dinner canal cruise and dinner in the Historic 1488 City Gates restaurant. 2 nights in beautiful Bruges are also included within the tour.
Dec 25/Jan 26 – Scottish Hogmanay 10 nights – Bring in the New Year with a traditional Scottish Hogmanay celebration and follow this with time touring in Scotland. We travel to Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh, spend time on the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond and visit the ‘Heart of Scotland’ in Stirlingshire. It will be Scotland in January, the driving distances have been kept short and our excursions include indoor elements as well as some impressive Scottish scenery.
GB Motorhome Tours completes many tours each year, taking motorhomers to destinations all across Europe and beyond. Travelling as part of an organised group has many benefits, with tour participants telling us that they particularly like
• We travel knowing your Tour Directors are on hand to offer any assistance required
• Our motorhome pitch is awaiting us upon arriving at the campsite, usually with little check-in procedure as you have looked after this in advance of our arrival
• We make one booking with you and everything else on the tour is looked after for us
• Your tours are much more than just taking us to a campsite and leaving us there. Included in every tour are organised excursions with local transport, tour guides and entrance fee’s all included – no need to move our motorhome off site
• Each tour includes a number of quality group meals, a chance to enjoy local cuisine and wines in like-minded company
• A comprehensive printed tour pack is sent prior to departure, containing all the information for the tour – campsite details including GPS co-ordinates, route planning, excursion programme, group meals and general information for continental touring, making planning for our holiday easy
• You include Michelin maps covering the area of the tour within the tour pack, and for most tours, also the DK Eyewitness guide book for the country being visited
Most tour participants travel problem free, but should someone have a problem whilst away, GB Motorhome Tours are well placed to assist. From many years of running tours we have become very experienced and if we can not personally overcome an issue, the network of contacts we have in all countries is extensive, positioning us very well to assist in quickly obtaining the right help.
Enjoy all your travels and we look forward to touring with you soon. If you have any questions regarding our tours, feel free to contact us, we are always happy to answer.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
July and the summer is here, with some hot weather being experienced in the UK. Across much of Europe it is hotter still, too hot for many motorhomers to find comfortable. For this reason, we plan our continental tours to finish by now. From three of the recently completed tours we feature a customer review, further tour reviews are available to read on the GBMT website at www.gbmotorhometours.com/reviews.
Delightful Denmark tour – June 2025
‘A huge thank you to Michael and Sarita. A great trip, lovely spending time with you and sharing the Delights of Denmark. Looking forward to our next trip.’ Gilly & Geoff Moore
Southern Ireland tour – June 2025
‘This was our first organised tour and we’ve had the best time. A massive thank you to John and Karen for making it so memorable and for all the extras that have meant so much. Rich and I like to venture out on our own as well as part of a group so have appreciated both group time and free time. We’ll definitely be planning more tours in the future. Thank you for a wonderful adventure.’ Alison and Richard Brian
Sardinia tour – May/June 2025
‘This tour seemed to go very quickly and yet it was very relaxing. The excursions and meals provided were all to the usual high standard and we thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Ron & Sue looked after us very well and we have discovered a new area of Europe.’ Penny & Mike Summers
The Sardinia tour will be repeated again in 2027, if you could be interested in this, send us an email advising this and it will be registered for you. You will then be emailed the tour itinerary in advance of it being made generally available, giving you first opportunity of reserving a place on the tour at that time, if you wish.
Whilst it is hot across mainland Europe, there is one tour that works best at this time of year. Our Discover Iceland tour is currently taking place; being so far north at this time is fine for temperatures; and spanning mid-summer gives no darkness, with it being light continuously for 24 hours every day.
Midnight on the Discover Iceland tour – July 2025
For the first time, this years Discover Iceland tour has been able to include the Westfjords region. This is the remotest part of Iceland, previously served only by gravel roads. Over the last few years these have been replaced in the main, with tarmac, opening the area slowly to normal motorhomes, albeit, the area remains very remote with stunningly beautiful and sparsely populated scenery.
Westfjords region – Discover Iceland tour July 2025
Each year GB Motorhome Tours take many motorhomes to far and wonderful places; in the north as far as Iceland, in the south to the Canary Islands, in the west to Portugal and the east to Turkey, as well as everywhere in-between (click on any of the names to see next years tours to these destinations). Sometimes however, people just like to remain closer to home where wonderful places can also be found. For this September there is our Scotland Highlands and Royal Deeside tour taking place which certainly provides wonderful scenery without travelling too far and still has a place available if you wish to join. For the end of the year and a great way to see in the New Year, there is the Scottish Hogmanay tour and for next year, there is the Southern Ireland tour, both these tours remain with availability currently.
With the majority of our touring taking a break for a short period throughout the summer, GB Motorhome Tours have time to attend two of the large outdoor motorhome shows taking place over the next month. Here a number of our Tour Directors will be on hand to chat and answer any travel questions you may have. If you are at either of these, do come along to our stand and see us.
When travelling in warmer conditions and taking a ferry crossing where the motorhome fridge will be off, it can be useful to have a couple of ice packs in your freezer and upon boarding the ferry place these into your fridge. With the fridge remaining closed throughout the voyage, it’s an effective way to keep the fridge contents in good shape. This is also beneficial when also undertaking longer ferry crossings at any time of year, where the motorhome fridge will be without power for some time.
Enjoy your summer touring and we look forward to travelling with you again soon. Feel free to contact us if there is anything you wish to ask about a tour.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
June and the days are long making for great touring opportunities, not least for those travelling in more northern countries. GB Motorhome Tours currently have groups touring in Denmark and on-route further north to the land of the midnight sun, Iceland.
Camping on the Delightful Denmark tour – June 2025
In Denmark midsummers eve (23rd June) is a time celebrated with family and friends, with bonfires being burnt whilst singing songs throughout the evening. In Iceland the celebrations are a day later (24th June), where being so far north there is no darkness as families and friends join together to enjoy the eternal light. Touring in Iceland is a real adventure with so many natural geological wonders to see; waterfalls, volcanos, glaciers, icebergs, turf houses and dramatic coastline are all awaiting. For some photos of these take a look at the Discover Iceland tour itinerary. This year’s tour group are now at the top of Denmark in preparation for setting sail to Iceland on Tuesday.
Camping on route to the start of the Discover Iceland tour – June 2025
If you are interested in touring Iceland the next time this trip is arranged, send us an email advising this and it will be registered. You will then be emailed the next Discover Iceland tour itinerary in advance of it being made generally available, giving you first opportunity of reserving a tour place at that time, if you wish.
As well as groups touring in Scandinavia, GB Motorhome Tours also have tours taking place in Sardinia where the weather is lovely
Camping on the Sardinia tour – June 2025
And in Southern Ireland where the group have been travelling the Wild Atlantic Way.
Camping on the Southern Ireland tour – June 2025
The Southern Ireland tour is available again for next year, click on its name for the full 2026 tour itinerary.
Travelling into continental Europe almost always involves passing through some of France. Going forward, France are moving their paid motorway network from the current ‘take a ticket and pay upon exit’ into ‘free flowing tolls’. This is similar to the arrangement for the Dartford crossing, working on number plate recognition payment is either via an electronic account or online following use. It is expected all French motorways will be changed by 2027, with the first section being the Normandy to Paris route of the A13 and A14 which is now functioning. See www.sanef.com/index-en.html for further information and how to make a payment. A similar system is used in Portugal, but there they have considered foreign tourist vehicles and made things very easy. As you enter Portugal there are large pull in areas where you register a credit card and any tolls are automatically charged to this. Albeit, in Portugal, most tolls have now been removed from their motorway network, with our Tour Directors reporting on their recent research for this years Portugal and Spain Discovery tour, they were charged less than €5 in tolls throughout the time travelling there. The Portugal and Spain Discovery tour is an all new trip for this year, taking place throughout October and November it offers touring over a longer period (52 nights) in warm autumn weather by travelling south. Starting in northern Spain the tour explores the Costa Verde (Green Coast), to then travel the length of Portugal north to south to finish with exploring Spain’s Andalucía region. The full tour itinerary is available by clicking on the tour name, and if 52 nights is too long for you, contact us as it is possible to join for a part of the tour.
Back in the UK, during the summer months GB Motorhome Tours have stands at two of the large outdoor motorhome shows; where a number of our Tour Directors will be on hand to chat and answer any questions you have. If you are at either of these shows, do come along and see us.
During summer with less continental touring taking place, it is a good time to check your passport remains valid and renew if needed. Following the UK’s exit from the EU, the Schengen zone countries (which encompass most of the EU countries) have tightened their rules for UK citizens to enter. For many years, the UK Government issued passports upon renewal, for the normal 10 year life period plus any remaining months left on the old passport. Some passports were issued with an expiry date up to 10 years & 9 months after issue. The Schengen zone countries will not recognise any passport that is over 10 years old at the time of travel. So it is possible to have a valid UK passport but find that it is not accepted for entry in to many countries. Make a check of your own passport. GB Motorhome Tours advice is to renew any passport that is going to be over 10 years old before the time of return to the UK from any trip. It is also necessary to have 3 months validity remaining on the passport at the date of entry to the Schengen zone. Going forward the situation will be simpler, with the UK government no longer issuing passport’s for longer than 10 years from the date of issue. When renewing your passport allow good time for its return. Current advice from the UK passport office is to allow as much time as possible, which can be up to 8 weeks at the busiest times.
Enjoy your touring and we look forward to travelling with you soon. Feel free to contact us if there is anything you wish to ask about a tour.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
May is a good time to be touring, particularly around the Mediterranean where the weather is sunny without being too hot, where everything remaining spring fresh and the olive tree’s are in leaf.
Greece, camping amongst the olive trees – May 2025
Greece is a big olive producing country and the trees in the above photo will be over 100 years old, albeit in olive tree terms this is not old. On one of the Greek campsites used in the tour, an olive tree located within the campsite restaurant has been aged at over 1,200 years old. Greece is also a big producer of olive oil but it is not the largest, this claim lies with Spain. Whilst Greece has many old olive trees, Spain is the home of large areas for newly planted olive trees. The main area for this is Andalucía, an area that features on our just released Portugal and Spain Discovery tour for later this year. On this tour, routes pass through the olive growing regions where many thousands of olive trees are seen. This tour is an all new itinerary covering an extended period of 52 nights, taking in some of the lesser-known areas in Portugal and Spain, as well as visits to classical cities and many other places of interest. It’s an opportunity to find decent touring weather throughout October and November, with the tour travelling south. The full Portugal and Spain Discovery tour itinerary is available by clicking on its name and bookings are now available on the GB Motorhome Tours website. This tour completes the 2025 tour programme, where some availability now remains on just three of the other tours.
• Scotland Highlands & Royal Deeside – 20 nights in September
• Amsterdam at Christmastime – 7 nights in December
• Scottish Hogmanay – 10 nights in December/January
With our tours being popular and becoming fully booked quickly, we are often asked ‘why don’t you increase the group sizes on each tour?’ Quite simply, tour quality linked with a high level of customer service is the number one priority for GB Motorhome Tours on all its holidays. Allowing group sizes to become larger affects the standard at which tours can be arranged and delivered. So tours will continue to be generally limited to 15 guest motorhomes.
A feature many motorhomers enjoy whilst touring is driving on quiet roads in scenic surrounding. This is something we understand and build into tours, giving an opportunity for meandering between campsites whilst travelling in stunning local scenery.
Motorhoming on the Kosmos Pass in Greece – April 2025
You will find on all tours, time and routes for enjoying driving your motorhome in lovely locations. The programme of tours for 2026 is below, with links to those currently available on the website to view and book. Those currently not yet on the website will be added over the next months. If you wish to pre-register your interest in a tour not yet available, drop us an email and this will be done for you. The itinerary is always sent to those with pre-registered interest a few days prior to being released generally.
2026 TOURS
• Dec 2025/Jan 2026 – Scottish Hogmanay (10 nights)
• Jan/April – Canary Islands (70 nights)
• April/May – Greece (21 or 34 nights) Now fully booked for 2026
• May – Romania and Bulgaria (32 nights)
• June – Journey Along the Danube (19 nights)
• June – Explore Poland (26 nights)
• June – Rhine in Flames (12 nights)
• June – Southern Norway (23 nights)
• July – Baltic States Adventure (28 nights)
• September – French Atlantic Coast (18 nights)
• September – Southern Ireland (19 nights)
• September – Journey through the Pyrenees (24 nights)
• September – Discover Alsace (18 nights)
• September/Oct – Western Turkey (30 nights)
Next weekend (Fri 16th – Sun 18th May) we will be at the Newbury outdoor motorhome show where GB Motorhome Tours have a stand. If you are attending the event do come along and see us, where a number of our Tour Directors will also be available to chat to you and answer any questions. Our stand number is 22.
In preparation for taking your motorhome out for some spring touring, it is a good time to check the age of your tyres. Typically motorhome tyres do not get worn out due to the lower millages most motorhomes travel, however, once a tyre gets to around 6 years old it begins to reach its recommended safe working life. On each tyre is a date stamp, this is in the form of four numbers. The first two numbers are the week of manufacture and the second two the year of manufacture. A date stamp of 21/18 equates to week 21 of 2018, meaning the trye was produced at the end of May 2018, making it 6 years old as of now. The date stamp is located on the side wall of each tyre, however it is usually only put on one side, so it can sometimes involve looking at the tyre from the inside.
Enjoy your spring touring and we look forward to travelling with you soon. Feel free to contact us if there is anything you wish to ask about a tour.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
Travelling before April, touring in Europe can prove inconsistent in achieving good weather; not so if touring a lot further south in the Canary Islands. Those on this years Canary Islands tour have recently returned to mainland Europe, following 10 weeks in the islands experiencing adventure in very enjoyable weather.
Gran Canaria Campsite – April 2025
A couple of customer reviews from the tour.
‘This is our 3rd tour to the Canary Islands with GB Motorhome Tours. The first trip everything was new and fresh, this time it was all more comfortable and familiar. Superb tour leaders, many adventures with overall excellent weather. Superb value for money, we would recommend anyone to do the tour. Thank you GB! ‘ Roy and Cheryl Clark
‘This was our first tour with GB Motorhome Tours and it won’t be our last. The tour was extremely well planned, organised and guided by Kevin & Nurcan and Douglas and Jane, who really went out of their way to resolve any problems and attend to our needs.’ Derek and Gill Green
The over-winter Canary Islands tour will be running again next year January to April 2026, the itinerary for this is now available by clicking on the name above and bookings can be made on the GB Motorhome Tours website.
As one tour in the sunshine finishes another is just starting. The Greece 2025 tour is now underway, with those on the optional travel from UK with Tour Directors package having enjoyed lovely clear days as they made their way from the UK to the tours start in Italy.
Camping in Switzerland as part of the Greece optional package – April 2025
Whilst our tours start in destinations all over Europe, most also offer an optional package for starting and traveling out from the UK. This flexibility allows tour participants to choose which works best for them. If selecting the optional travel from UK with Tour Directors package, this offers the opportunity of having everything arranged for you, including cross-channel ferries. The starting point in this instance is a campsite in Kent, the day before the ferry to France. The Tour Directors meet there with those on the optional package and look after everything on route to the tours starting point. Included within the optional package are return cross-channel ferries, which are fully flexible and include full access to the ships club lounge both ways; the outward on-route campsite nights and usually a group dinner at one of the campsites. Full details of each optional package is contained at the end of each tours itinerary.
Destinations for the 2026 tours are now on the GB Motorhome Tours website. There are many interesting itineraries in next year’s programme. Those covering the first half of 2026 are now available on the website.
• Dec 2025/Jan 2026 – Scottish Hogmanay (10 nights) – Bring in the New Year with a traditional Scottish Hogmanay celebration and follow this with time touring in Scotland
• Jan/April – Canary Islands (70 nights) – Take yourself and your motorhome on an adventure whilst escaping the after Christmas cold
• April/May – Greece (21 or 34 nights) – Spring warmth, History and Easter Celebrations for the first part, followed by Micro Climates, Islands and not to be missed sights for those staying on
• May – Romania and Bulgaria (32 nights) – Take a journey through two of Eastern Europe’s least explored countries
• June – Explore Poland (26 nights) – Discover magical places throughout Poland and feel the country for real
• June – Rhine in Flames (12 nights) – Tour itinerary in the process of being finalised
• June – Southern Norway (23 nights) – A land of scenic and cultural wonders with so much to experience and enjoy
• June – Journey Along the Danube (19 nights) – Travelling close to Europe’s great river, follow the Danube from Belgrade in Serbia across Europe to its source in Germany
• July – Baltic States Adventure (28 nights) – See them before they are changed forever
Bookings for the above 2026 tours are now available directly on the GB Motorhome Tours website.
For some late autumn touring this year, an all-new Portugal and Spain Discovery tour will be available. The Tour Directors for this trip are currently in Portugal, making the final plans for the tour, which will run from mid-October to early December and include northern Spain, all of Portugal and the Andalucía region of southern Spain. Following the end of the tour, it will be possible to return to the UK to be home in time for Christmas, or to remain in Spain for the festive period, the choice will be yours. Full details of the tour will firstly be emailed to those who have already registered their interest and then placed onto the GB Motorhome Tours website. This will be over the next month.
There are now just three other 2025 tours with places available
• Scotland Highlands & Royal Deeside – 20 nights in September
• Amsterdam at Christmastime – 7 nights in December
• Scottish Hogmanay – 10 nights in December 2025/January 2026
In May this, year GB Motorhome Tours will be exhibiting at the Newbury outdoor motorhome show. If you are attending do come along to our stand and see us, some of our Tour Directors will also be available to chat and answer any questions.
With spring arriving and many motorhomes now being made ready for use after a winter break, it’s a good time to clean the fresh water tank, pipework and taps with a solution of sterilising water. This can be achieved by adding some sterilising tablets/fluid to your main fresh water tank, allowing them to dissolve/mix in and then pumping the water through to all locations by opening each of the taps for a couple of minutes. Leave the sterilising solution in the system for 24 hours and then drain down before refilling with clean fresh water. Your motorhome water system will then be ready for your next outing.
Happy touring to everyone.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
March and whilst the weather in the UK is not great for motorhome touring, the opposite is the case for those on our Canary Islands tour. They are enjoying sunny dry days, with temperatures in the 20’s. The Canary Islands are well known for their beach resorts but less so for also having some great mountain scenery. This tour is now entering week 7 of 10, where the group have been touring both along the coasts and in the mountains.
Coastal Campsite on the Canary island of La Palma – February 2025
Mountain Campsite within the National Park on Gran Canaria – March 2025
The next Canary Islands tour will take place January to April 2026. The itinerary for this has just been added to the GB Motorhome Tours website and bookings are now available, see Canary Islands 2026 tour itinerary.
Another tour now available on the GB Motorhome Tours website for 2026 is the spring tour to Greece. Touring in the Mediterranean early spring means sunshine is generally found and before the fierce heat of late spring & summer arrives. At this time of year, everything remaining fresh with an abundance of wild flowers to be spotted as you travel.
For 2026 there will be a full programme of tours available, a list of these are on our website at www.gbmotorhometours.com/tour/2026-tours-list. The itinerary for each of next year’s tours is usually added to the website just over a year before the tour starts. In the meantime, any tours that you are interested in, send us an email of these and we will register this for you. The itineraries for these tours will then be emailed to you in advance of them being made generally available, enabling you to request a tour place at that time if you wish.
Before 2026, there is the full programme of 2025 tours to enjoy. There now remains only limited availably on just 4 of this year’s 14 tours. The full itineraries for these are available by clicking on the tour name below.
• Scotland Highlands & Royal Deeside 20 nights in September
• Mosel, Lahn and Rhine 15 nights in September
• Amsterdam at Christmastime 7 nights in December
• Scottish Hogmanay 10 nights over New Year of 2025/26
There will also be the all new Portugal and Spain Discovery tour added to the 2025 tour programme. This tour will run from mid-October to early December. The tour itinerary will be available in May, with the Tour Directors finishing the research for this tour in April. If you would like to register your interest in this tour, to receive the itinerary in advance of it being made generally available, send us an email and this will be done for you, with the itinerary expected to be emailed in May.
Remember all our tours are a lot more than just us booking campsites for you; they all include group excursions with transport, a number of group meals, services of our Tour Directors travelling with the tour in their own motorhome, full printed tour information pack, all GPS co-ordinates for your Sat Nav and of course all the campsites are pre booked for you. Additionally, complete flexibility for you to decide to meet us at the start of the tour (which will be in/near the country of destination) or to have everything arranged for you all the way from the UK, by including the ‘optional travel from UK with Tour Directors package’. Within this package are included additional campsite nights between the UK and the start of the tour, your fully flexible return cross channel ferry with entry to the ships Club Lounge and the services of our Tour Directors travelling with you from the UK.
Where will your travels take you?
Happy touring to everyone.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
February and whilst it’s very winter like in the UK, for the motorhomes on this years Canary Islands tour they are enjoying warm sunny summer weather. The Canary Islands being 2,000 miles south of the UK, means touring there at this time of year the winter is well and truly left behind. The 2026 itinerary for this very popular over winter tour is just being finalised and will be released to the GB Motorhome Tours website over the next month. If you would like to escape next year’s winter, consider taking yourself and your motorhome away for 70 nights of warmth and adventure.
Camping in Tenerife – February 2025
This year’s Canary Islands tour itinerary can be viewed and followed by clicking on its name, and if you would like to register your interest in the next tour, which will take place January/April next year (2026), send us a an email and this will be done for you. The tour itinerary will then be sent to you ahead of it being made generally available, giving you first opportunity of requesting a place on the tour if you so wish at that time.
Another tour, not quite as far away but with similarly enjoyable out of season good weather, is the all new Portugal and Spain Discovery tour for Oct/Dec this year. This tour is currently being researched by the Tour Directors, where the research of the Spanish parts of the tour, the Costa Verde (Northern Spain) and Andalucía (Southern Spain) has now been completed. There are some great places awaiting those on the tour. The Portugal part is next for being researched and this is expected to be completed during April, with the tour being made available to book from May onwards. This tour will be for around 48 nights and will complete the 2025 tour programme, all 2025 tours can be seen at 2025 tour programme.
Whilst 2025 is not long underway, the GB Motorhome Tours programme for 2026 is already well developed. A list of tours that will be taking place throughout 2026 (with some more to be added) is now on the GB Motorhome Tours website at www.gbmotorhometours.com/tour/2026-tours-list. As always, being the UK’s largest motorhome tour company, there are many exciting destinations to choose from spanning the whole year, with all tours being expertly organised. These 2026 tours will begin to appear on the website and be available to book over the next couple of months.
Relating to our tours, we are often asked by motorhomers considering a GB Motorhome Tours for the first time, why do people choose to join a GB Motorhomes Tours holiday. This is probably best answered by some of the thing’s customers say they like about our tours.
• We travel knowing your Tour Directors are on hand to offer any assistance required
• Our motorhome pitch is awaiting us upon arriving at the campsite, usually with little check-in procedure as you have looked after this in advance of our arrival
• We make one booking with you and everything else on the tour is looked after for us
• Your tours are much more than just taking us to a campsite and leaving us there. Included in every tour are organised excursions with local transport, tour guides and entrance fee’s all included – no need to move our motorhome off site
• Each tour includes a number of quality group meals, a chance to enjoy local cuisine and wines in like-minded company
• A comprehensive printed tour pack is sent at least one month prior to departure, containing all the information for the tour – campsite details including GPS co-ordinates, route planning, excursion programme, group meals and general information for continental touring, making planning for our holiday easy
• You include Michelin maps covering the area of the tour within the tour pack, and for most tours, also the DK Eyewitness guide book for the country being visited
If it may be a while before you are next getting away in your motorhome and it is going to be left unused for a period of time, consider parking it with the internal and cupboard doors left open, thus allowing circulating air to reach all areas to avoid damp forming. Likewise with the fridge door, leave this open to keep the fridge nice and fresh inside. If it’s safe to do so, also park the vehicle in gear with the handbrake off, to prevent the brake potentially becoming stuck through a period of non-use. Best of all, try and take the vehicle for a run for around 30 minutes or more every two weeks to keep everything moving and charged. For when you are next away on the continent and driving through France, keep in mind the number of speed cameras in the country has recently been increased by 4,000, along with 500 radar cameras to check that the distance between vehicles complies with regulations. The speed limit on most National roads is now 80km (50mph) and a safe driving distance is considered to be 2 seconds behind the vehicle in front. Fines for non-compliance are imposed and can reach as much as 540€.
We look forward to traveling with you soon. If there is anything you wish to ask about a tour, feel free to contact us, we are always happy to answer any questions.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
January and some motorhomes are already heading for touring in summer like conditions. 16 motorhomes are now starting the journey south as they travel towards the warmth and sunshine of the Canary Islands. Some are already en-route in Spain, from where they sail to the Canary Islands taking them a further 800 miles south to the summer like weather awaiting them in the islands.
En-route camping in Spain – January 2025
The Canary Islands offer ideal motorhome touring conditions at this time of year, with clear sunny days and temperatures in the 20’s. The islands are well known for their warm winter climate, but are usually overlooked for their culture and heritage interests; on the GB Motorhome Tours trip both can be enjoyed. If you would like the possibility to experience this on the next 70-night Canary Islands tour, which will take place January – April next year (2026), send us an email to register your interest. The tour itinerary will then be sent to you ahead of it being made generally available, giving you first opportunity of requesting a place on the tour if you so wish at that time.
For this year, most of the GB Motorhome Tours holidays are now on the GB Motorhome Tours website, with many already fully booked. There still remains some availability on the more recently added tours of
Additionally, there will be one more tour added to the 2025 programme, an all new Portugal and Spain Discovery tour. This will run mid October to early December, visiting some of the major sites in both countries whilst also focussing on some lesser known locations, along with being interspersed with some longer coastal stays; to offer a mix of classical highlights, local attractions and coastal relaxation. Like the Canary Islands tour just starting, the tour will offer the opportunity of escaping the gloomier weather generally experienced in the UK over that period. This tour is being researched by the Tour Directors over the next couple of months and should be available on the GB Motorhome Tours website from around the end of April.
For all continental holidays, GB Motorhome Tours offers the option for participants to start a tour on the continent or from the UK. This gives flexibility for individuals to choose which works best for them. If you have a 2025 tour booking which currently doesn’t have the optional travel from UK with Tour Directors package included and you would now like to add this, it remains possible to do so at this stage. Send us an email requesting the optional package be added to your booking and this will be done for you, with a confirmation email returned. Full details of each tours optional package can be viewed at the end of each tour itinerary on the GB Motorhome Tours website.
Tours for 2026 will begin to be made available over the next couple of months; these will be added to the GB Motorhome Tours website and featured in future monthly newsletters. There will be another great selection and variation of tours to look forward to, taking you and your motorhome to many great places.
January can be a good time to get things prepared ready for travels later in the year. For continental travel GB Motorhome Tours recommends all UK travellers have with them the European Health Insurance Card, known by many as the EHIC or E111. Whilst the card has now changed names to the Global Health Insurance Card or GHIC, the scheme itself remains as comprehensive as previous; where it continues to cover all emergency medical treatment in EU member countries. If you already have an EHIC (plastic bank style card) these remain valid until the expiry date, when they can (upon application) be replaced with a GHIC. If you don’t have an EHIC or it has expired, to apply for a GHIC click on the link below.
Apply for a free NHS issued Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC)
The fact the scheme covers pre-existing medical conditions is an important reason to carry the card with you on all continental tours. Whilst personal travel insurance continues to be required to cover the many things the GHIC does not include, the GHIC scheme will supplement your travel insurance in the event of your travel insurance refusing an emergency medical claim.
All of us at GB Motorhome Tours wish you a Happy New Year and we look forward to many great travels with you throughout 2025 and beyond.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
December and as we enter the festive season all of us at GB Motorhome Tours wish you a Merry Christmas. As the year draws to an end, so does our 2024 touring programme, with the recently completed Paris at Christmastime tour finishing just this week, being the last tour of this year. This tour spent time in Paris, including a visit to the Palace of Versailles and a champagne evening at the Moulin Rouge, before finishing with a Farewell Dinner evening at Chateau de Cocove.
Camping in Paris – December 2024
‘Very explicit itinerary pack. Meticulously planned trips. Expert, friendly tour leaders. Wonderful trip, thank you.’ Angela Price & Will Hopkins – Paris at Christmastime 2024 tour
‘Very much enjoyed the tour and Sue & Ron looked after us well. Obviously, the highlight was the visit to the Moulin Rouge where the meal was excellent and the champagne flowed.’ Pauline & Robert Hughes – Paris at Christmastime 2024 tour
Throughout 2024 GB Motorhome Tours have escorted over 200 motorhomes to destinations all across Europe, with tours ranging from 6 to 70 nights in duration. Spanning from Norway in the north, to Sicily in the south, the French Atlantic coast in the west to Romania in the east, and including almost every country in-between. Being the UK’s largest motorhome tour company, GB Motorhome Tours offers tours to the widest number of destinations and throughout the whole year. With 2025 starting soon, so does our 2025 touring season, with The Canary Islands tour now being just 4 weeks away from leaving the UK.
The 2025 touring programme is full of interesting motorhome adventures awaiting you. Whilst most 2025 tours are now fully booked, there is some availability remaining for the following tours:
• Croatian Highlights
• Scotland Highlands and Royal Deeside (just added)
• Moselle, Lahn and Rhine
• Amsterdam at Christmastime
• Scottish Hogmanay (just added)
Click on any of the above tours for their full itineraries.
There is also a new tour currently being worked on that is expected to make the 2025 programme, which is Spain and Portugal Discovery. This tour will visit some of the major sites in both countries, whilst also focussing on lesser known locations and interspersing these with some longer coastal stays; to offer a mix of classical highlights along with local attractions and coastal relaxation. The tour is being planned for mid-October to early December 2025; which will also offer the opportunity of escaping the gloomier weather generally experienced in the UK over that period. If you would like to pre-register your interest in this tour, please do so by sending us an email. You will then be sent the tour itinerary in advance of it being made available generally, giving you first opportunity of requesting a tour place if wished.
2024 has been a busy travel year at GB Motorhome Tours and we thank all customers who chose to travel with us throughout the year. A big thank you also to all our Tour Directors who work tirelessly to ensure the smooth running of every tour and who pay particular attention to detail, to achieve the high standards that are set for all tours. There are seven Tour Director couples running the tours, all of whom are very experienced motorhomers and specialise in various locations throughout Europe and beyond.
Some of our more adventurous tours take motorhomes beyond Europe and to destinations few others reach. A consideration for this type of travel is obtaining vehicle insurance for the motorhome in these destinations. Most motorhome insurance policies offer cover for travel within Europe, but few offer cover for destinations beyond. For these more adventurous journeys, GB Motorhome Tours provides advice to tour participants regarding obtaining the relevant cover required, well in advance of the tour starting. Vehicle insurance is an ever-changing situation, so it is important to keep updated and to check that your policy meets your needs and destinations for travel, including that your policy covers for the number of days you intend being away.
Here in the UK, with some cool wet weather around, it is recommended cushions and bedding be removed from motorhomes and stored indoors to keep them from becoming damp. However, often the practicality of doing this is not easy, so an alternative can be to periodically run a de-humidifier inside the motorhome to keep moisture levels down. Also doing this for 24 hours before taking your motorhome on a winter trip can be particularly beneficial, ensuring you set off in a cosy & damp free van, perfect for starting your winter break.
All the very best to you for the coming New Year and for lots of great motorhome travel in 2025. Feel free to contact us with any questions you have regarding our tours.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
Dear Fellow Motorhomer,
November and with winter approaching it can be a quieter time of year for travel; however, at GB Motorhome Tours travel continues. Our next tour, Paris at Christmastime starts in a few weeks, where participants will have time in Paris exploring the cities Christmas lights and festive markets, whilst also enjoying a visit to Versailles and a Champagne evening at the Moulin Rouge. For next year our festive tour moves to Amsterdam, where the city participates in its own ‘Festival of Light’ throughout December. Full tour details of the Amsterdam at Christmastime 2025 tour are available by clicking on its name and bookings for the tour are now available on the GB Motorhome Tours website.
Another opportunity for a late autumn getaway took place at the beginning of this month, when GB Motorhome Tours (in conjunction with Camper UK) held a Halloween and Bonfire weekend. This fun packed 3-day event, with evening entertainment, fireworks and opportunity to visit historic Lincoln, takes place each year and is firstly offered to those who have completed a tour throughout that year.
Halloween and Bonfire weekend at Camper UK Leisure Park, Lincoln
For travel next year, a new September tour has just been added to the 2025 tour programme and is now available on GB Motorhome Tours website. This tour travels in Germany, following three of its picturesque rivers; the Moselle, Lahn and Rhine. With the tour having just been released there is currently availability and the full tour itinerary can be viewed by clicking on the name above. Bookings can be made directly on the GB Motorhome Tours website. The only other 2025 tour that now has availability is the Croatian Highlights tour, this can also be booked on the website.
At the end of next year, GB Motorhome Tours will again be offering the very popular Scottish Hogmanay tour, a great opportunity to finish 2025 and bring in the start of 2026 in style. As well as celebrating New Year the Scottish way, this tour includes a number of well selected excursions in mostly indoor settings, along with many evening group dinners and drinks get togethers. The full tour itinerary will be finalised in the next few weeks and released first to those with pre-registered interest. To register your interest, send us a simple email and this will be done for you. You will then receive the itinerary in advance of it being made generally available, giving you first opportunity to request a place if you wish at that time.
With winter approaching, if you are not going to be using your motorhome, remember to drain down the habitation water systems to avoid any damage from freezing water in pipes. How to do this should be covered in your motorhome manual, or a call to your dealer should advise how this is done for your particular model. It is also worthwhile keeping the diesel fuel tank full throughout winter when the motorhome is not in use. Diesel engines do not like water in their fuel and this can build up inside diesel tanks from condensation forming on the inside in cold conditions. By keeping the fuel tank full, it leaves no space for condensation to form.
Even with winter approaching, do keep enjoying your motorhoming. Feel free to contact us at any stage with anything you wish to ask; GB Motorhome Tours operates 12 months of the year, with tours running all year round.
Kindest regards,
Your GB Motorhome Tours Team
Tel. 0044 7481 479 057
Info@gbmotorhometours.com
www.GBMotorhomeTours.com
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